Tag Archives: social media

Pushing free speech – where?

An appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling that a Wisconsin mother defamed a teacher of her children, and the school district, in a social media post in 2022. Calling her “Woke” and sarcastically a “White savior” because of … Continue reading

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Banning children from social media?

Australia has taken a drastic step, passing a law (and apparently enforcing it) to prevent people under age 16 from using social media. Now, even more are arguing that DC needs to also enact such a law. For the entire … Continue reading

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Pandering? Or repentant?

Despite the fact that The Price of Liberty is published on WordPress, which is a form of social media, we here at TPOL don’t really like social media. There are many reasons, but a major one is the ability of … Continue reading

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Truth from a liar?

To be tactful, John Kerry is a real piece of work. He is right up there with the Clintons, the Bushes, the Obamas, Uncle Joe (at least when he was mentally competent), and dear Kammie when it comes to political … Continue reading

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Free speech? “Not on my watch!”

A guest commentary. Several years ago, I got a rare treat: a real, hardcopy, postage-stamped Nigerian scam letter – from Nigeria. All the usual things: the widow of a prince wanted me to help her smuggle millions of dollars of … Continue reading

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The impacts of social media on society

We’ve seen sea-changes before: some concept, some invention, some new way of doing things that has an incredible impact on our society. And the lives not just of this generation, but many future generations. Social media is one example. In … Continue reading

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If all you have is a hammer, everything must be a nail

I’m sure you’ve heard – even said – some version of this commentary’s headline. Today, the Social Justice “Warriors” (SJW) – best known as enemies of liberty – try to prove the truth of that saying every day. Consider this … Continue reading

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Now that Biden is in charge, are “liberals” coming to steal away Free Speech?

Should we be ready?  How can we prevent it? New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has an idea. She wants to set up a “truth commission.” And she is not alone. This governmental body would examine news media and root out … Continue reading

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God is love – except to social media where He’s hate

By Nathan Barton The Blaze reports “Facebook bans quotation by St. Augustine of Hippo and calls it ‘hate speech,’ Catholic writer says” What was this awful quote that Facebook says “goes against our community standards on hate speech.”? Let us … Continue reading

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The Evils of Facebook?

By Nathan Barton Perhaps the most loathed company on the planet?  Its stock lost 40+% of its value in the last half of 2018.  Its users regularly have data stolen about them, are subject to massive propaganda pushes by various … Continue reading

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